NOTEWORTHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noteworthy mean? 

• NOTEWORTHY (adjective)
  The adjective NOTEWORTHY has 1 sense:

1. worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

  Familiarity information: NOTEWORTHY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTEWORTHY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

Synonyms:

notable; noteworthy; remarkable

Context example:

a notable increase in the crime rate

Similar:

important; significant (important in effect or meaning)

 Context examples 

A noteworthy happening that is distinctive in a series of related events.

(Episode, NCI Thesaurus)

If my expedition had no other results it would still have been noteworthy, but a curious incident occurred to me while there which opened up an entirely fresh line of inquiry.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The crater's polygonal nature (meaning it resembles a shape made of straight lines) is noteworthy because most craters seen on other planetary bodies, including Earth, are nearly circular.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)

When you asked me to believe that she walked along a narrow strip of grass without once making a false step, I remarked, as you may remember, that it was a noteworthy performance.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It orbits a small, cool type of star called an M dwarf - especially noteworthy because, as the most common and long-lived type of star in the Milky Way galaxy, M dwarfs may host a high percentage of the total number of planets in the galaxy.

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)

The region is noteworthy as it only contains stars of relatively low to moderate mass, and lacks any of the massive and incredibly bright stars found in larger star-forming regions like the Orion nebula.

(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)